The Lucasville Uprising was a rebellion against oppressive and racist policies at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, OH. Nine inmates and one guard died during the uprising in April of 1993. Today, many people are serving time or condemned to death by the state of Ohio in relation to the uprising. We demand amnesty for all of these inmates. The conditions at SOCF were (and still are) intolerable and unconscionable.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Lucasville State of Mind

From: FreeJasonGoudlock.org Jason Goudlock is a prisoner who met Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Greg Curry and Keith Lamar while incarcerated at OSP. He was not in Lucasville at the time of the uprising. This is a poem he wrote reflecting on the uprising. Jason is trying to organize against Ohio's unjust "old law" prisoner system.

Lucasville State of Mind

by Jason Goudlock
It could have been me on April 11, 1993, caught in between explosive unrest in an unjust penitentiary.
All-out anarchy against debilitating inhumane prison practices, while some sat in silence and meditated on their mattresses.
Uncertainty and circumstances. I would have been at the total mercy
of the former and the latter. Certainly, surviving would have been all
that mattered. … Well, at least back then, prior to having my entire
life shattered. Because now, as Isaac Hayes once beautifully crooned, I
stand accused! … Listening to the echoes of injustice inside of an
unethical courtroom.
Untruthful allegations, fabricated by ambitious felons. Shouldn’t
this have been proof that the system was failing? Shouldn’t this have
been proof of the lies that they were telling?
Imagine if I had to give my life to pose such questions. I wonder would my wrongful execution be a topic during elections?
Save your answers, please, because right now I am very much alive. I
was just thinking about the injustice incurred by the “Lucasville Five,”
as well as “Greg Curry,” and all others whom were convicted because of
lies.
It’s time to wake up America and grant justice where it has been denied.